Project Manager Engineer

George Frank 713-***-**** ***** Stafford Road, #**25 Stafford, TX 77477 ********@*****.*** Page 1 of 3

Profile

Offers more than seventeen plus years of global experience in Project/Program/Operations Management in the Oil/Gas/LNG/Petrochemical & Consulting industries. Excels in executing long-term vision for the design, development, construction, and maintenance of multimillion-dollar mechanical systems, manufacturing, consulting, sales and business development. Applies strong interpersonal and communication skills to lead international teams and forge positive relationships with clients and suppliers. Adept at conducting cost-benefit analysis and advising on project viability. Holds multiple master’s degrees and professional certifications. Expertise encompasses:

Strategic Planning Profit/Loss Responsibility Budgeting Regulatory Compliance Product Development Value Stream Mapping CRM • Effective communicator & Demonstrated Leadership with excellent interpersonal skills to manage International workforce on worldwide projects from planning, concept, design through to commissioning and operational phases • Continuous Improvement & Change Management: Constantly seeking methods to improve project management, process reliability, engineering methods and delivery of service • Safety orientated working culture • Strategic Approach to budgets and planning – Optimizing OPEX for long run for increase in system reliability and MTBF inferring no unplanned shutdowns and thereby increasing generated revenues for assets • Incident Management • Contract Management • Business Development & Sales (B2B/B2C) • Regulatory Compliance

• Client and Supplier Relationship management(CRM) • Supply Chain Management • Financial and Commercial Management of P&L focusing on the bottom line (cost or quality differentiators) for projects • reporting to senior management and other stakeholders with focus on Capital Expenditure Planning and achieving ROCE • Experienced Project Management professional : calculation of NPV/APV/Break-Even analysis • Scheduling • Developing Gantt Charts • Project performance tracking using MS Project S-Curves• EV• EAC • IRR • EVM • Track Resources • Review Costs • Budgets• Maintenance • Lifecycle Management using SAP • Maximo related ERP • CMMS systems• QA/QC Audits ISO Standards CFR/FERC Integrity Codes HSE Risk Assessment/Mitigation Incident Investigation Logistics • Proposal/bid Preparation Contract Administration Procurement SWOT Analysis Continuous Improvement Change Management • Cost-Benefit Analysis• Force Field Analysis • Kano model• Porter Five Forces• Mckinsey 7-S • CATWOE• MoSCoW • Five Why • SCRS • Investment appraisal and other analytical methods

Career Track

Program Manager, Operations/Maintenance (Offshore/Onshore), Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., TX 2014-2015

Managed projects of ~$100M in value for Halliburton Pipeline Process Services Business Unit Angola. Led 28 direct reports as well as 50-80 indirect reports from vendor companies. Assisted the business development/sales team in writing commercial proposals. Regularly reviewed schedules, personnel, and resources to track estimated project completion costs, cost variances, and other trend indicators. Managed vendors/subcontractors, generated monthly invoices for clients, and reported revenue to senior management.

Provided program management of the $20M+ CRX pipeline project for Chevron/Saipem, which encompassed pipeline construction, pre-commissioning, and commissioning activities to bring on stream five new oil/gas platform developments and associated pipelines offshore Angola. Streamlined supply chain and logistics planning across project locations in Angola, France, and the UK, ensuring timely delivery of equipment and supplies.

Prepared bid and tender documents for the pre-qualifications proposal for the $20M+ Petrofac Cameia development project, which entailed pipeline pre-commissioning and commissioning activities.

Managed hydrotest and bolting of pipeline spools in addition to supervising the planning and preparation of equipment, personnel, and supplies for scheduled commissioning of the $20M Chevron CRX pipeline project.

Directed a crew to provide $10M in construction support services, including bolting/flange management and hydrotesting, for Chevron/ Paenal’s Mafumeria Sul project.

Coordinated $4M+ annually in maintenance activities, including purging and leak testing/HLD for TOTAL, for FPSO Girassol & Kizomba FPSO offshore Angola.

Oversaw bolting, N2/HLD purge requirements, and general operations support for the $3M Chevron BBLT shutdown/maintenance project; conducted regular schedule and cost reviews to ensure project achieved profitability targets.

Enabled 10% faster shipping for international vendor supplies by reviewing and revamping the procurement system.

Led an engineering team to develop DOS, EJCS, and VDR procedures to enable rapid client response and achieve higher service quality.

Project Manager, Operations Support (Offshore/Onshore), Halliburton Manufacturing Ltd, UK & TX(USA) 2013-2014

Provided pipeline pre-commissioning, commissioning, ILI, flow assurance support, and integrity management to clients worldwide. Prepared technical and commercial bid documents. Approved technical specifications for procurement of supplies.

Recommended diversification of the project portfolio by shifting emphasis on pipeline pre-commissioning/commissioning type projects to maintenance/operations support type projects; developed new technical FEED and detailed design procedures.

Drafted the technical proposal for a new business opportunity with potential gross revenues of $30M over five years.

Designed technical strategies to manage pipeline cleaning and GPOC/SPOC facility inspections in South Sudan for an $8M project to recommission defunct onshore pipelines not in use due to the country’s security situation.

Boosted equipment reliability 5% in one year, which reduced nonproductive time, by performing regular quality checks of equipment.

Operations/Maintenance Manager, Pipeline/Corrosion Technical Authority (Offshore/Onshore), BHP Billiton Ltd., UK 2013

Managed operations and maintenance of 300+ miles of offshore (subsea) and onshore (land) pipelines, including regulatory/government compliance. Administered a budget of ~$10M. Provided operational support as a technical expert/principal engineer for gas plant and off-shore production platform facilities. Prepared monthly CMMS reports on all maintenance, pipeline-related backlogs, failures, and completed work scopes. Revised outdated procedures. Oversaw integrity management contractors and third-party vendors.

Fulfilled contracts for annual acoustic and ROV inspections of 300+ miles of pipelines.

Spearheaded the inspection of subsea pipelines and facilities that had not been assessed in more than five years; established a five-year strategy for future inspection and maintenance that would optimize reliability, uptime, and CAPEX/OPEX budgets.

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Operations/Maintenance Manager, Pipeline/Corrosion Technical Authority (Offshore/Onshore), BHP Billiton Ltd., UK (Continued)

Aligned engineering with the facilities business case plan to obtain approval from regulatory authorities for continued operations.

Delineated and set up mitigation methods for time dependent, non-time dependent, and stable degradation threats associated with onshore and subsea pipeline infrastructure. Reviewed chemical injection data monthly to mitigate internal corrosion threats.

Directed an AC mitigation project on 24” and 20” onshore gas pipelines, which had reported instances of defects resulting from induced AC corrosion from overhead high-voltage AC power lines.

Managed a critical project with a vendor/fabricator to replace old/defective jumper hoses used by a floating storage vessel to transfer crude oil to tankers.

Project Manager/Consulting Integrity Specialist (Offshore), Bluewater Energy Services Ltd., Netherlands & UK 2012-2013

Managed maintenance of topside production facilities and subsea infrastructure for FPSO production in the UK/Netherlands sector of the North Sea. Controlled an annual operations support and maintenance project budget of £10M. Defined and reviewed technical procedures. Provided technical approval of supplier specifications and procurement requests. Interacted daily with asset managers, OIM, marine, maintenance, and production supervisors (onshore and offshore) to resolve critical topsides and subsea/pipeline integrity issues.

Trimmed costs by 10% while optimizing reliability by establishing risk-based inspections (RBIs) of facilities and maintenance plans.

Updated incident monitoring systems to ensure prompt alerting of all critical functions/departments/stakeholders.

Consultant Project Manager/Principal Integrity Engineer (Offshore/Onshore), Daewoo Energy Production, Myanmar 2012

Created an asset maintenance/operations inspection schedule. Prepared job plans for operations/maintenance activities, which were then back loaded into SAP ERP system. Led a team of 80 direct reports and 130 indirect reports for the commissioning phase of the project.

Developed asset-based corrosion loops compliant with API 580/581 and other operating best practices (BP, ETP, Shell DEP).

Instituted asset reliability and maintenance procedures based on condition-based maintenance methods to allow mean time before failure (MTBF) assessment of equipment.

Reduced costs 10% by utilizing the SAP ERP system to optimize regular maintenance activities.

Decreased occurrence of unsafe acts/incidents on the project 5%+, which lessened injuries and loss time, by introducing a root cause analysis system to evaluate the cause and effect of equipment failures during pre-commissioning.

Consultant Lead Engineer, FEED & Design Verification (Offshore/Onshore), Republic of Vietnam, Vietnam 2012

Reviewed design specifications/calculations, integrity management plans, topsides material selection, and onshore pipeline corrosion assessment reports.

Supplied PVE detailed design for a platform for Chevron/PTTEP/MOEC’s O Mon gas pipeline project, which was installed offshore Vietnam and connected to an onshore gas receiving station via ~180 km of offshore subsea pipeline and 20 km of onshore pipeline.

Consultant Lead Engineer, FEED and Design Verification (Offshore/Onshore), JEE Ltd., UK 2012

Prepared bids and proposals to acquire business opportunities and projects. Produced project FEED and detail engineering documents.

Developed an ILI strategy using UT tools for the 24” BP Magnus export offshore subsea pipeline, a £25M project.

Project Manager/Integrity Specialist, Forties ABCDE (Field) Platforms (Offshore/Onshore), Apache North Sea Ltd., UK 2011

Evaluated the Forties Field Pipeline Integrity Management System (PIMS) and supported the newly developed Inspection Query (IQ) data-base. Assessed documentation for major accident prevention, PIM, anomaly criteria, and internal corrosion management. Outlined work scopes for Forties Field pipelines, PLEMS, and subsea risers using ROV, side scan SONAR, and other techniques. Attended monthly meetings for chemical management and pipeline system strategy.

Reviewed and managed vendor inspection work scopes, CTRs, and invoices as acting project manager for a £60M project.

Improved management and evaluation of inspection reports and anomalies by developing an asset integrity management database.

Provided onshore technical support for the year’s HSE audit survey on the Forties B and E platforms.

Lead Corrosion & Integrity Engineer/Project Manager (Offshore), Wood Group Integrity Management (WGIM), UK 2010-2011

Managed project teams, allocated resources, reviewed budgets, controlled costs, interfaced with clients, coordinated weekly meetings, and prepared status and briefing notes. Reported on offshore platforms’ cathodic protection status.

Delivered materials selection reports for the BP Alligin Field subsea flowline project and asset integrity management/SURF systems.

Performed a high-level FEED and detailed engineering review of the status of CP systems for TAQA Bratani North Sea assets.

Produced a materials selection guide and corrosion management strategy documents for Conoco Phillips’ Norway Eldsfisk II offshore project, which involved a subsea pipeline and emphasis on pigging at the Wye assembly.

Executed an integrity management review of failures on the BP Foinaven offshore field.

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Project Manager/Senior Corrosion & Integrity Engineer, Mobile North Sea Producing Ltd. (Exxon Mobil), UK 2012

Analyzed Beryl area offshore platform data using ExxonMobil Equipment Degradation Documentation (EDD) and Engineering Inspection Guidance (EIG) for topsides pressure equipment, subsea equipment/risers, caissons, and J tubes. Performed authoritative reviews of inspections, chemical data, and process data. Conducted root cause failure analysis and fitness for purpose (FTP) analysis.

Developed corrosion risk assessments (CRAs) and defined new inspection methodologies and frequencies based on CRA reviews.

Project Manager/Senior Engineer, Metallurgy & Corrosion (Onshore), Petrofac International Ltd., UAE 2009

Generated materials selection diagrams and reports for projects and bid proposals. Defined pipeline materials specifications and coating requirements. Evaluated vendor/supplier bid quotations in order to prepare and collate bid proposals. Executed QA/QC checks of supplied materials and services.

Reviewed pressure vessel design reports, vendors, and FEED materials selection verification reports for the $2B Saudi Aramco Yanbu export refinery hydrocracker onshore package.

Conducted a materials selection review for the $1B KOC West Kuwait booster station and pipelines onshore project, which involved a high-pressure sour gas project with H2S composition of ~15%-500ppm H2S.

Project Manager/Senior Corrosion & Integrity Engineer, Talisman Energy UK Ltd., UK 2007-2009

Developed and administered corrosion control schemes as well as schemes for internal/external inspections of platform risers and caissons. Compared inspection work packs/instructions to plans. Oversaw third-party contract inspection service providers. Participated in HAZOP, HAZID, and offshore risk assessment reviews for intrusive inspections of vehicles. Ensured the integrity of static and rotating equipment.

Spearheaded integrity activities for more than eight Talisman offshore platforms and other offshore assets.

Managed high-pressure H2S gas (300ppm+) corrosion regimes for the offshore Beatrice platform prior to its sale to Ithaca Energy.

Corrosion & Materials Engineer (Onshore/Offshore), KBR Energy and Chemicals, UK 2005-2007

Prepared materials selection guides, diagrams, and/or coating/cathodic protection specifications for various projects. Calculated corrosion rates. Reviewed welding and NDT procedures.

Conducted a flare noise and flare radiant heat survey at the Chevron EGTL Nigeria onshore project site to determine impact on HSE and project constructability and enable resolution of site location concerns.

Designed the KBR global corporate materials data sheet for onshore/offshore projects.

Corrosion Engineer, Caspian Projects (Offshore/Onshore), IICORR Ltd., UK 2005

Proposed mitigation schemes to eliminate or minimize corrosion degradation mechanisms. Assisted in amending written investigation schemes for project pumping stations as well as in issuing pressure system integrity strategy for process facility pressure components. Prepared dead legs registers for prioritizing inspections of corrosion dead legs.

Worked with engineering team members to improve corrosion loop management on the Shah Deniz offshore project via consolidation; completed the project using key indicators such as materials/pipe specification, process parameters, and fabrication details.

Co-authored a high-level document on implementing integrity management to manage pressure systems.

Older work experience

Credentials

Master of Business and Science/Master of Business Administration (Global, Executive Option), Manchester Business School

Master of Science in Corrosion Control Engineering, University of Manchester

Mutually Assured Offshore Safety Survival Certification, Netherlands Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Association (NOGEPA)

Corrosion Specialist, National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) International

Fellow of the Institute of Corrosion (FICORR), Institute of Corrosion (ICORR)

Chartered Engineer (CEng)/Chartered Marine Engineer (CMarEng), Institute of Marine Engineering, Science, and Technology (IMarEST)

Other Affiliations: Project Management Institute (PMI); The Welding Institute (TWI); Welding & Joining Society (WJS); former NACE Technical Interest Committee Member and Great Britain Section Chair

Professional Development: Failure Mode Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA); Lean Six Sigma; JIT; Agile

Technical Skills: SAP; Maximo EPR; Oracle; CMMS Databases; Microsoft Project; CRM Software

Presentation and Publications

ICORR Technical Meeting at Aberdeen – Corrosion and Integrity Management Issues, Perspectives from Design/Engineering to Operations (May 2008)

Engineering Design and Construction – Corrosion and Integrity Management Issues (May 2006)

MBA Thesis – Following the recent slump in global oil prices, how should major oil/gas producing companies adapt, realign, and reassess their investment strategies for future challenges: Case study, Royal Dutch Shell PLC ( Dec 2015)

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